Man Killed In Whitsundays Shark Attack

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A man who was attacked by a shark in Cid Harbour in the Whitsundays has died in hospital.

The 33-year-old Victorian man had been on a charter boat with friends on Monday and had gone paddle boarding and then swimming, police said, before he was bitten around 5.30pm.

The man was airlifted to Mackay Hospital in a critical condition with bites to his left thigh, right calf and left wrist, an RACQ CQ Rescue spokeswoman told AAP.

He died of his injuries, police confirmed early on Tuesday.

After the attack the man was pulled aboard a nearby boat. He was treated by a paramedic from Hamilton Island, two off-duty doctors and an emergency department nurse from nearby boats before the arrival of the RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter.